Calvin Ridley or Darnell Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 155th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 156th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 177.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 63 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 2.2 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 and Darnell Washington TE39, which are two different ladders.

Calvin Ridley is a wide receiver and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 9, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.